critical9.8
CVE-2019-15548
Buffer overflow and format vulnerabilities in ncurses
Impact
ncurses exposes functions from the ncurses library which: * Pass buffers without length to C functions that may write an arbitrary amount of data, leading to a buffer overflow. (instr, mvwinstr, etc) * Passes rust &str to strings expecting C format arguments, allowing hostile input to execute a format string attack, which trivially allows writing arbitrary data to stack memory (functions in the printw family).
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rust | ncurses | <= 5.101.0 | none recorded |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ncurses Project | Ncurses | through 5.99.0 |